Car accident statistics for Brevard County, Florida (2020-2024)

Car accident deaths in Brevard County by year

Annual car accident deaths rose from 65 in 2020 to 92 in 2021 and reached 94 in 2022. The count then fell to 92 in 2023 and 71 in 2024. The highest year was 2022, and the lowest was 2020. Despite the decline from 2023, the 2024 count was 6 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to these crashes was 80.2% in 2020, 90.2% in 2021, 93.1% in 2022, 87.6% in 2023 and 82.6% in 2024. All traffic deaths followed a different annual pattern: 81 in 2020, 102 in 2021, 101 in 2022, 105 in 2023 and 86 in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Brevard County car accidents

People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans accounted for 195 deaths, or 47.1% of car accident deaths in Brevard County from 2020 through 2024. This was the largest person category. People in other vehicles accounted for 84 deaths, or 20.3%, the smallest category. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) accounted for 135 deaths, or 32.6%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Each category counts deaths in the selected passenger-vehicle-involved crashes. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) follows the FARS classification rather than a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle; the grouping can include occupants of parked motor vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

How the fatal car crashes happened

For car accident deaths, Angle (side impact) accounted for 107 deaths, or 25.8%; Head-on for 31, or 7.5%; Rear-end for 47, or 11.4%; and Sideswipe for 5, or 1.2%. Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 224 deaths, or 54.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. The latter category includes events such as striking a parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover, rather than a collision between motor vehicles in transport. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic, so the classification does not establish whether another vehicle was physically moving.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Time of day and setting

Nighttime, defined as 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 237 car accident deaths, or 57.2%. Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 177 deaths, or 42.8%. The nighttime count was higher than the daytime count for the 2020 through 2024 period.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The land-use classification recorded 378 deaths as Urban, or 91.3%, and 33 as Rural, or 8.0%. Unknown accounted for 3 deaths, or 0.7%. In a separate measure of vehicle involvement, car accidents that also involved a large truck accounted for 28 deaths, or 6.8%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Car accident death rate compared with Florida and the United States

Brevard County's car accident death rate was 13.1 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That was lower than Florida's rate of 13.3 and higher than the national rate of 10.5. The rate uses deaths recorded by crash location, not a count of deaths among county residents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Volusia County had the highest rate at 18.0, followed by Osceola County at 13.4, Orange County at 10.9 and Seminole County at 7.7. Brevard's rate was lower than Volusia's and Osceola's and higher than Orange's and Seminole's. These rates divide deaths by the summed annual population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

Recorded characteristics of all fatal crashes

Recorded characteristics cover all fatal crashes in Brevard County, of any vehicle type, rather than only car accidents. As shares of all traffic deaths, Speeding-related accounted for 9.1%, Roadway departure for 29.5%, At an intersection for 31.4%, Pedestrian involved for 25.1%, and Motorcycle involved for 27.2%. Hit-and-run accounted for 6.1%, Driver distraction reported for 6.9%, and In a work zone for 0.6%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

A crash can have several recorded characteristics, so these rows overlap and do not add to 100%. The entries describe recorded characteristics, not findings of fault or cause.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These are recorded characteristics, not findings of fault.

About these figures

FARS is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts follow crash location, not residence. When reading with a car accident lawyer in mind, keep that location-based grouping in view.^[8][6][7]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, and multiply by 100,000 to express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Car accident statistics for Orange County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Osceola County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Car accident statistics for Seminole County, Florida (2020-2024)
• Florida car accident statistics (2020-2024)